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The Monuments of Westminster Abbey: Power and Memory in Early Modern Britain - Couverture rigide

Sherlock, Peter

 
9781032383248: The Monuments of Westminster Abbey: Power and Memory in Early Modern Britain
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1032383240 ISBN 13 : 9781032383248
Editeur : Routledge, 2025

Synopsis

This is the first critical history of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century monuments of Westminster Abbey. It explains how the Abbey was transformed from a monastery with royal tombs into one of the most popular sites of commemoration in early modern Europe. It shows the extraordinary impact of the Reformation and civil wars and Revolution on the monuments at Westminster Abbey. The book includes accounts of the royal tombs, Poets' Corner, and monuments to soldiers and sailors. The book illustrates how tourism grew and how the Abbey and others responded by erecting signs, providing tour guides, and publishing guide books, that made visiting the monuments one of the most popular amusements in London.

This book is essential reading anyone who has visited Westminster Abbey and been fascinated by its unparalleled collection of monuments and wants to know more about their history and meaning. The book makes a significant contribution to memory studies by providing an in-depth case study of a single building in the premodern era, and creating a methodology for studying the habits of memory in British culture. The book has 32 illustrations including photographs of the tombs and images of the monuments as reproduced in early modern publications, revealing the vibrancy of commemoration at Westminster Abbey.

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À propos de l'auteur

Peter Sherlock is Professor at Charles Sturt University, Australia, where he is Associate Director of Yindyamarra Nguluway. From 2012 to 2024 he was Foundation Vice-Chancellor of the University of Divinity. An internationally-recognised expert on history, memory, and commemoration in Reformation and Renaissance Europe, he is author of Monuments and Memory in Early Modern England (2008).

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1032383240
ISBN 13 
9781032383248
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
220
Coordonnées du fabricant
Routledge
https://www.routledge-ny.com/

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